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Maine Department of Economic and Community Development Forest Products Industry adviser Rosaire Pelletier (far left) and DECD Commissioner George Gervais listen to Cate Street Capital officials during a Finance Authority of Maine meeting on April 17.

FAME reduces bond for Millinocket pellet mill project to $16 million

AUGUSTA, Maine — The Finance Authority of Maine’s board of directors voted 8-5 on Thursday to approve a $16 million bond to build a $140 …
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Portland celebrates arrival of Nova Star, restoration of ferry service to Nova Scotia

PORTLAND, Maine — A small crowd met a big ship Thursday at Portland’s Ocean Gateway terminal, celebrating the restoration of ferry service between Maine’s largest …
Norris Nickerson stands in one of the main hallways at Bangor High School in this January 2010 file photo. The former Bangor High School principal died Wednesday.

Former Bangor High School principal Norris Nickerson dies at 74

BANGOR, Maine — Norris Nickerson, who spent 49 years educating and coaching Bangor students, died Wednesday evening surrounded by family, Superintendent Betsy Webb confirmed Thursday …

Corinth motorist sentenced to community service for fatal accident

BANGOR, Maine — A 29-year-old Corinth man who struck and …
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Gov. Paul LePage discusses his welfare reform proposals in this March 2014 file photo.

LePage blasts Democrats for possible $7.1 million in welfare-to-work fines

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The speed limit sign along Riverside Avenue in Fort Fairfield lies on its side as curious motorists drive the street on Thursday looking at giant ice floes that have been cleared from the road after they overflowed the banks of the Aroostook River.

Flood watch remains in effect through Friday

The Inn at Brunswick Station, which went into business in 2011, was sued by a nearby establishment called The Brunswick Inn over its use of a similar name.

Loser of Brunswick naming-rights inn fighting becomes The Brunswick Hotel and Tavern

Magnum

Dogs left at Waterville shelter with porcupine quills in mouths

JULIA BAYLY
An ice jam formed on the St. John River between St. Francis and St. John Plantation late Wednesday and remained in place Thursday morning.

Watching the ice run is the biggest show in town this time of year

GEORGE'S OUTDOOR NEWS (blog)

Your best defense against Lyme disease is a plastic spoon

FIGHTING THE TIDES (blog)

Cape Elizabeth bans tobacco products at Fort Williams, ignores the real problems

EDITORIALS
Rebecca Wyke

In defense of Rebecca Wyke’s $40,000 raise

A two-vehicle collision in the southbound lane of Interstate 95 just past the Newburgh Road overpass prompted police to close the interstate and reroute vehicles at the Coldbrook Road exit in Hermon on Sunday evening.

Transcripts of 911 calls reveal details in wrong-way driver’s fatal crash on I-95

UNDERCOVER PORCUPINE (blog)

Why is indebted Maine GOP paying their own chairman for consulting?

44 mins ago If you follow Maine Republican Party “inside baseball”, nothing makes …
BAD BEAVER TALES (blog)

How I got lyme disease, or, why you don’t work in the woods in a thong bathing suit

After Nevada ranch stand-off, emboldened militias ask: where next?

Flat on his belly in a sniper position, wearing a …

Opinion

Rebecca Wyke
EDITORIALS

In defense of Rebecca Wyke’s $40,000 raise

Does it look bad to give the University of Maine System’s vice chancellor for administration and finance a $40,000 raise at a time when the …

Sports

Former University of Maine All-America goaltender Jimmy Howard, pictured in an April 11 game, leads the Detroit Red Wings into their NHL Eastern Conference playoff series against the Boston Bruins beginning Friday night at TD Garden.

Former UMaine All-America goalie Howard hopes to spark Red Wings to playoff upset vs. Bruins

Ten years ago, Jimmy Howard took center stage at TD Garden in Boston. In what is considered one of the best finals in Hockey East …

Health

GYM CLASS DROPOUT (blog)

Ellsworth woman finds fitness in the face of cancer

Sno Barry is the kind of woman who gets stuff done. She’s an accountant who just finished up a busy tax season, a wife and …

Business

Dockworkers haul a bowline around a bollard as the Nova Star arrives in Portland for the first time on Thursday. The ferry will make daily runs between the city and Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, starting in May.
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Portland celebrates arrival of Nova Star, restoration of ferry service to Nova Scotia

PORTLAND, Maine — A small crowd met a big ship Thursday at Portland’s Ocean Gateway terminal, celebrating the restoration of ferry service between Maine’s largest …

Living

Robert Freson, a Belgium-born photojournalist who lives on Bailey Island, stands with some of his images. He is seeking a future home for his collection.

Harpswell man who photographed queens, presidents, popes, Picasso seeks Maine home for images

HARPSWELL, Maine — He has photographed President Dwight D. Eisenhower, surrealist painter Salvador Dali and actress Sophia Loren, to name a few. His photos have …

Outdoors

A red-breasted merganser.
GOOD BIRDING

Birding doesn’t always require a guide book

You’re going to think I’m crazy. During your bird walks this spring, leave the guide book in the car. Migrants are already trickling back into …

Food

URBAN EYE (blog)

Diner for dinner? Palace is the place

Spring lettuce salad, grass-fed burgers and craft beer is far from typical diner fare. But Palace 2.0 (or is it 3.5?) is no place to …

Events

CULTURE SHOCK (blog)

5 Things To Do This Weekend, April 18-20: River deep, mountain high.

1. Holy moly, that stream is high! It’s Kenduskeag Stream Canoe race weekend in Bangor, as sure a sign of spring as crocuses and shivering …

Crime & Courts

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